Employment - Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
Sep 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good salary and benefits are provided

Cons

Company has become far too liberal. Promotions are based more on gender rather than knowledge and talent. Liberal initiatives, LGBTQI, climate change, diversity etc....are pushed onto employees. Do not speak out because you will be labelled a trouble-maker.

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Swiss Re Response
5y
Thanks for sharing your viewpoint. We believe that in today’s fast-changing world we can thrive only with a culture that celebrates diverse teams, encourages fresh perspectives and fosters innovative thinking to create smarter solutions for our clients. We can unleash the motivation and creativity of our employees only if they can all be who they are and feel included. We consciously address any biases in our talent processes to ensure that all talented candidates have equitable opportunities for advancing their career.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

The people you work with are amazing. The benefits are wonderful. I appreciate the bonus structure and the growth I've experienced with the organization.

Cons

Leadership's strategy and vision are severely lacking and self-serving. There's a lot of favoritism with the same people being included in decision-making without consideration for their ability to actually deliver results. In turn, the lower-level employees are left to clean up the disaster. I see that Swiss is on here making comments on employee reviews - hopefully they take note of how many people in the last 90 days said the same thing about the leadership strategy. We're not on glassdoor because we like reviewing our company - we're here looking for outside opportunities because of the way the company is currently operating. We're bleeding good talent because they no longer align with the corporate strategy.

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2.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1. 12% 401k match 2. Amazing co workers in the trenches but this is rapidly changing as people look for the exits.

Cons

1. Management - the new management team has a maximum personal bonus / profit only mindset. Cost cutting reigns. 2. Constant layoffs. No job is safe. 3. Company has offshored many jobs to India and is in a race to move key underwritering, engineering, claims functions to India as well. Overall, it feels more like a private equity gut job than a publicly traded company.

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Swiss Re Response
1w
Thank you for your review. We are glad to hear you valued your colleagues and some of the benefits of working at Swiss Re. We also take your concerns about change, stability and ways of working seriously, and we remain focused on ensuring a respectful and supportive environment across our global organisation.
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